Refrigerator door



Jan. 15, 1929.

1,698,924 R. A. RIEK REFRIGERATOR DOOR Filed March 28, 1927 Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

UNITED STATES BUDOLPH A. RIEK, OF RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN.

REFRIGERATOR DOOR.

Application filed March 28, 1927. Serial NoA 179,050J

This invention relates to doors for refrigerators and like structures and has reference more especially to means hereby a tight seal can be effected around the door when closed,

5 said door including, as a part of its structure, a means for supporting and backing a sealing gasket extending continuously around the door.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description procceds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hcreinafter de- Scribed and clainied, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanyin` drawings the, pre- 20 ferred form of the invention has been shown,

In said drawings,

Figure l is a front elevation of a door having the present iinprovements combined therewith.

Figure 2 is a view partly in plan and partly in section of a portion of the door, part of the casing being shown in section.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the gaslret.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a pan which can be of porcelained metal, this pan constituting the outer surfaceof a door 2 of any desired const-ruction. The marginal portion of the pan is formed `with a continuously extending fiange 3 concavo-convex in cross section and constituting the seat for a continuous packing strip or frasket 4. This gasket can be of any preferred construction. For example it can be made of a rubberized fabric shaped to'provide a tubular casing 5 having' a compressible filling 6, a fiange 7 being extended longitudinally of the casing. The gasket is adapted to rest within the channel provided by fiange 3 and the fiange 7 of the gasket is adapted to be attached in any suitable Inanner to the sides of the door 2 as shown particularl) at 8 in Figure lV Flange 3 is so positioned that when the gasket is seated therein, said gaslet will contact with and be partly compressed by the outer surface of the casingC adjacent the door opening O. The hinges H supporting` the door can be arranged with their pintles so located as to permit the gasket to swing against and away from the casing C at the hlnge side of the door.

Obviously by providing a structure such as described the gasket will be properly backed so as to insure compression at all points when the door is closed. The packing can be renewed readily When woi'n or otherwise rendel'ed undesirable for further use. The arrangement does not detract from the appearance of the door but, in fact, adds to the appearance thereof by providing a finishing bead extending therearound, this bead being formed of the fiange 3. Furthermore the packing is practically concealcd and is thus advantageous as compared with other arrangements of gaskets on refrigerators.

VVhat is claimed is:

n a door for refrigerators a porcelained sheet metal pan having an outwardly extended concavo convex fiange extending continuously therearound along the free edzes thereof, a structure within and projectinp` from the pan, a gasket extending continuously around the door and seated upon the concave surface of the flange, and an inwardly extending` fiange on the ``Q'asket secured to the projecting' portion of the structure inv the pan, said flange and its attaching means being concealed between the projecting structure in the pan and the exposed portion of the gasket When the door is closed.

n testiniony that I claim the foreg'oiug;` as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

RUDOLPH A. RIEK. 

